Skin problems...Advice?

I'm not going to be much help, other than to sympathize. Since about 6 months before I was diagnoised I have had skin issues. Hives that covered my entire body for head to foot that last two weeks, then I got big ugly red bumps on my legs (eurthym nodusum - which are related to crohns), when I ended up in the hospital I had small red pimple size soars all over my body (no one ever diagnoised these, I guess there were too many other pressing issues at that point), then I had psoriasis that was from scalp to feet - it has "healed" after 4 months of uvb treatments but now I have brown spots all over my skin which I am told are now scars. Some of these came before, some during major flares. My best advice is to see a Derm again and hopefully they will have some information for you. Hope that you find some answers soon,
Heather

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Living with Crohns for 1 year. I have a wonderful husband and two beautiful little girls.

One blessing that came with my Crohns: I thank God for each day that I can get out of bed and take care of my girls and my home.

I am 90% sure what you are describing is caused by the prednisone. Any corticosteroid used for even a short period of time can give you what is often referred to as "steroid acne". Doing a google search for "steroid acne" reveals an abundance of sites which I think will steer you in the right direction. Check out this link, which is the very first result:

http://dermnetnz.org/acne/steroid-acne.html

Do those pictures look familiar to you? I got that exact same rash from being on prednisone and Entocort. I went to several dermatologists and they all were blown away by how bad it was. They all said they've never seen something like this before.